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Show WEEKLY REFLEX i i I DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, FEBRUARY 25, 1982 LAYTON At the conclusion of the Layton City Coun- cil meeting Feb. 18, Mayor Lewis G. Shields read a prepared statement for the official Layton Opposes Locations For city record. The document said: "The city planning commission, the city engineer and the city council go on record as opposing all three sites recommended for a resource recovery project within the Layton city area. The policy state- ment was unanimously Resource approved by the city council. WHILE THIS action by Layton city will not kill all chances of building a resource recovery plant in Layton, it will certainly discourage the Davis County Solid Waste Re- Recovery Plant covery Board from going ahead with plans to build on one of the three Layton sites. The Layton sites are all near Hill AFB. A holding pond number one site. is on the south Road 193 across AFB Hospital. The property side of State from the Hill The land is needed by Layton and other Davis County cities. entire county, goes back within the boundaries of Layton city. The Air Force has agreed to donate the property for the recovery plant in return for a contract to buy the steam the plant would generate. THE THREE main objections raised by Layton residents and government officials to the recovery plant are: (1) water, the plant would use water that might be needed in the future if Layton and Davis County continues to grow at the rate it has in the past; (2) residential area, any of the sites would be near housing areas; (3) expense, the plant would cost in excess of $64 million. Opposition to the location of a solid waste recovery plant in On Dec. 3, 1981, City Attorney Bruce Bartqn recommended that the city council not sign an interlocal coopera- water might someday be Layton, that would service the ow ned by the Air Force is the By DONETA GATHERUM several months. On Sept. 3, 1981 Councilman John Baker stated he was going to Boston to look at a resource development plant. Mayor Shields expressed concern that Layton couldnt provide the water for the plant. The mayor felt the city should be given more in- tion agreement with the Wasatch Front Regional OPPOSITION continued to grow. Citizens living near the holding pond site became very upset. They had purchased homes in this particular area believing it would be zoned residential. Meetings were held and a committee to oppose the plant was created. formation on the countys plans. the BY countys plans became LAYTON CITY officials began asking questions. Why couldnt the plant be built by the sewage treatment facility where there was an abundance of unusable water? Were the roads leading to the plant site well-know- n. There wre five sites under consideration. Three of these in Layton. Large quanities of water would be needed to operate the plant. No one knows how much of this vital resource is recoverable. The water would not be furnished by Layton city but would be purchased from Weber Basin. Still, this adequate enought to accommodate garbage trucks? Would the plant really be as efficient as proponents said it would be? Why not locate it in south Davis County? the county system, library officials submitted a budget of $851,000 last December. The budget had to be reopened last Thursday, however, when Layton confirmed that they would not be participating in the program. By MARK D. MICKELSF.N FARMINGTON A resolution reducing the county library operating budget by nearly $36,000 was approved by the Davis County Commission late last week. THE REVISED budget totals $815,020. And, according TO OFFSET the deficit, caused by Layton citys withdrawal from the county library system, the commission also approved a new ordinance authorizing the transfer of money out of the library construction fund and into the fiscal 1982 library operating budget. Com. Glen Saunders said a levy of 2.126 mills, slightly more than the 1.9 mill figure to county financial experts, the budget should clear the library from futhre financial problems until 1983. There was no opposition to the revised budget from library officials Thursday, including Library Director Jeanne s Layton who submitted of the new fiscal budget to county commissioners. cop-pie- anticipated last December, will be needed to generate re- COUNTY CLERK Rodney Walker questioned the establishment of an ordiance to , reductions totalling transfer funds from the library pChStfUcJUift Tund to the lib- are cutbacks in lib-- , $35,981 rary supplies and somi salaries' raryope rating fund, saying the commission was establishing a and employee benefits. In the hope that Layton officounty law. He said funds are usually cials would agree to remain in venues for the revised library operating budget. INCLUDED IN the budget 1 closed out or approved for transfer by way of resolution, rather than by ordinance. MR. WALKER backed issue, however, away from the when county officials told him the ordinance was recommended by the county attorney. He pointed out that the ordinance can be appealed if there are problems. By state law, the county may not allocate more than 3.75 mills for the operation or construction of library facilities. THE NEW ordinance depletes the library construction fund of any surplus monies during fiscal 1982. Approval of the ordinance by commissioners Thursday virtually halts any possibility for a Layton library complex this year. Both the ordinance and resolution were approved by the commission in lhat was the countys first 1982 budget h opening. Com. Harry B. was absent. Ger-lac- COM. ERNEST Eberhard, on the other hand, said Layton is going to have to increase its mill levy substantially in order to cover construction costs over the next couple of years. comments came just . The two days before the comission voted to reduce the county library operating budget by more than $35,000. Cutbacks in library materials and some salary and benefit packages were approved by the commission last Thursday in an effort to offset deficitspaused by Laytons withdrawal from the county system. .. ... ' ,r . cifl&ied SAUNDfeRS COM. earlier comments that jt will fee difficult for Layton tqrget bgck into the county library system this year. But, he added, "I History Of Reflex Recalled a small fee was charged. Mr. Egberts home was turned into a hotel accommodation for many years. After Mr. Egbert's family moved it became a residence for many to rent as a home. The property was eventually purchased for a printing office. In 1851 Kays Ward, as Kaysville was known, had a population of 417 persons. With the increase of population in the cities of Davis County the way was opened for the establishment of the first newspaper. Probably the first attempt, at a newspaper within the confines of the county, was the publication which later became known as the Davis County Clipper printed in Bountiful. WILLIAM E. SMITH started a newspaper in the northern part of the county WHAT WATER REVEALS By An old basement under the pre- sent Fran Brown beauty shop in Kaysville made its presence known after recent flooding. It formerly formed the base for the old Kaysville Weekly Reflex building. NORMA PREECE Due to the sudden melting of winters snow, the basement of the old Inland Printing Co., became floodsd with an inch and a half of water this week. Fran Brown and Co., in Kaysville, which occupies a portion of the old building had heard there was a basement in the building, but was not familiar to its whereabouts. Investigating she located the basement and found there were several rooms. The walls are crumbling and the area deteriorating. Fran was excited to learn some of the history of the old building. THE BUILDING located on the southwest corner of Main and Center is possibly one of the oldest structures in Kaysville, at least the portion where Fran operates her business. Located first on the corner was the Joseph Egbert home of Ira J . (the Egbert and many other descendants of this area). The building was a two story adobe with a brick portion added. Mr. Egbert was in one of the original parties coming to Utah and later settled in Kaysville. PRESIDENT Brigham for Young, realizing people traveling from Ogden to a need Salt Lake City, needed over- night accommodations in Kaysville. He asked Mr. Egbert if he could provide overnight lodging in his home, known as the Kaysville Eagle, first printed in February, 1893. It lasted only a year and he and his family moved away. A second attempt to make the printing business a success was in 18 when an editor, John V. Young, published the Kaysville Post which lasted only a short time. For years after these two publications failed the printing business lay dormant. IN 1908 THE American Newspaper Directory listed Davis County Argus as a news. paper being printed in Farmin-ton- This publication was owned by D.P. Felt and published by his son, Vernon M. Felt. By 1911, the city of Farmington boasted the only newspaper in the central portion of the county. A newcomer by the name of John S. S. White entered the scene. He was a native of Farmington and had returned from California and worked for the Felts. He worked for several months as printers devil and writer. The actual day and month of the first Weekly Reflex is uncertain since the founder, John S. White, died Jan. 18, 1892 in St. George. The year 1911 is the year generally given. White purchased the Davis County Argus from D.P. Felt and changed the name of the publication when he assumed control. THE PRINTING shop stood on the east side of Kaysvilles Main Street (on the site where the present city hall now stands). In this shop was a crude hand press and a few samples of early type and a four page newspaper was published. In 1912 the newspaper interst was sold to four Kaysville business men, John R. Barnes, John R. Gailey , Henry H. Blood and John G.M. Barnes. The real beginning of the Weekly Reflex can be attributed to an early spring morning when William P. Epperson and his son, Clyde, stepped of the Bamberger train and looked at the city they were to call home. They had arrived from Green River, Wyo. and were ready to begin the task of putting the city's defunct newspaper back on its feet. Mr. Epperson became the editor of the Weekly Reflex April 1, 1912. He had previously been in the newspaper business in Colorado. Mr. Epperson had a sense of news value and was able to predict the interests of his readers. He was able to give the newspaper a quality look. THE DESIRE TO make the newspaper successful was one of the dreams he fostered throughout his lifetime. When he took over the Reflex he also became the manager of the job printing plant of the Reflex Publishing Co. The shop of this business was located in a small brick building opposite the He-bJ. Sheffield and Sons Store on Kaysvilles Main Street. The business increased and after four years the way was opened for greater expansion and the Inland Printing Co. was formed. The new company was issued its certificate of incorporation June 16, 1916, by the State of Utah. It became necessary in 1919 to erect a more spacious quarter for the completing of the printing contracts. A lot was purchased on the comer of 8th and Locust St. just a block south of the old printing plant. The building which stood on the newly acquired lot was what remained of the old pioneer hotel once operated by Joseph Egbert. The company installed new equipment , the most modem The mayor asked council Council, he feared this agreement would tie Layton city to decisions made by the cities. members to help find alternate sites. A REVISED agreement was approved on Dec. 17, Layton to city would not be committed a site or to funding for the plant. The city could withdraw from the agreement at any time. in opposition to the sites of the ON JAN. 21. 1982. Mayor While Layton city has been recovery plant and the cost of the plant, the city has always supported the idea of building some type of recovery plant rather than trying to find adequate landfill space. This position has not changed. LAYTON WOULD encourage the members of he solid waste management board to carefully consider and study the many aspects of solid waste recovery and thn decide on a plant that would meet the needs of all residents of Davis County, dmg Its Your Chance To Vote On dont see them wanting to Paramedics Issue Com. Saunders said the county library operating budget would either be at a deficit, or th county would have to seriously reduce services countywide. He pointed out that the mill levy ceiling for library operations is set at 3.75 mills and said operating costs alone would total 2.75 mills if Layton were to rejoin the system. Layton is going to have to impose a much higher mill levy in order to raise the amount of taxes needed to build and operate a library. "Layton will have to go up to at least five mills to build it, he said. BOTH commissioners explained that the county commission has not interfered w ith the operation of the library system, other than to temporarily close some of the auditoriums and minimize bookmobile service in the Layton area. Com. Saunders said the au- THE COMMISSIONER ditoriums were reopened come back on board. FARMINGTON Davis County Com. Glen Saunders last week said he cannot fault Layton officials for wanting to get out of the county library system and go on their own, especially if the city is able to handle their own library more economically. of assigned the chairmanship the site selection committee. Shields informed the city council that he had been Commissioners Differ On Layton Library $$ By MARK D. MICKELSEN ment Board. He was also At the same council meeting where the inerlocal cooperation agreement was approved. Mayor Lewis G. Shields was selected to be Laytons representative on the board. Library Budget Reduced Improvement Monies Transferred To Library General Fund selected chairman of the Davis County Solid Waste Manage- If Layton did decide to "come back on board" and the commission approved a branch library in the city, said Layton wants some control over the library when it is built in their community. And, he said , If they want that control, maybe they are better off out of the system. If Layton thinks they can do a better job and can do it more effectively cost wise, I just cant find fault with their heading out on their own, even though it does effect the county system," he said.,, HE SAID 'the (county) library board still feels that the regional concept of libraries is the best way to go. As a result, when and it the Layton library is built by the county, it will be a regional library. Com. Eberhard, pinpointing the financial aspects of a new library, said it will cost the people of Layton of a million dollars to use the when county officials found that the facilities were being used much more extensively than was originally believed. A special election has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, to determine whether or not a special mill levy should be established in Davis County to fund the paramedic program, beginning in January, 1983. VOTERS WILL be asked to vote "yes" or "no" on the question of establishing a mill levy of up to .5 mills to fund the Davis County Paramedic program. Establishment of a separate mill levy does not mean a tax increase for local residents, but only a change in bookkeeping, according to county officials. Failure of the referendum election may mean the end of the paramedic program. 1 POLLING PLACES will be open from 7 a.m. until p.m. in 44 locations throughout the north and south Davis County. Residents with questions regarding polling places are encouraged to contact the county clerks office or local municipal offices, mdm 8 TRIANGLE OIL INC. one-quart- er facility. And, he added, thats double the amount were (county) getting in taxes for that district right now. HE EMPHASIZED that Sr. Lunch Offered At Silver Age REGULAR Why not join us at the Silver Age Center for lunch Monday thru Friday at 11:30 a.m. ARE YOU interested in ceramics, oil painting, chalk painting or needlework? We play cards, pool and bingo. 1 Give us a call at and enjoy an exciting day with us, youll be glad you did. 546-220- If you need income tax assistance or energy assistance call for an appointment. in the state. The and Inland Printing Co. embarked on job printing and newspaper publications. MR. EPPERSON died suddenly at the age of 71. He was a prominent man in the community and state. His son, Clyde, became manager and managed the business for ten years or until 1940 when he died. Following his death, V.K. Saxton became the manager of the company. With Saxtons death, Albert W. Epperson, a nephew of the founder who had worked as printers apprentice for 15 years, became manager. In 1950 Lloyd E. Anderson assumed control of the pub- lishing firm and was manager for 14 years. After 49 years, as a subsidiary of the Inland Printing Co, the Weekly Reflex severed its connection with the publishing company and joined the Clipper Publishing Co. of Bountiful. John Stahle Jr. owner and manager of the business, pur- chased the interests of the Kaysville newspaper on Jan. Mr. Stahle has been 1, connected with the publishing business for over 50 years. His father John Stahle, Sr. was the first editor of the Davis County Clipper. John Stahle Jr. bought into the publishing company in Bountiful in February, 1892. 15. N. D. Gas Prices Higher By TOM BUSSELBERG News Editor Although north Davis motorists may be moaning about having to fork out 2 cents more a gallon for gasoline than their coherts in Bountiful and Salt Lake City, it wont last for long. 10-1- ble through Centerville and then theres a gap that picks up in Kaysville where Ogden area prices are generally reflected on up through the rest of the county. Asked if hed had any complaints about the price difference he noted, Weve had some people calling. They (suppliers) just choose to give AT LEAST one north county petroleum official says those prices to the south will have to be jacked back up. it away. There have been many suppliers are paying THERES NO way they could continually sell it and make money, the official indicated, noting he suspects someone in Salt Lake felt traffic wasnt high enough and needed a price depression to create a traffic spurt. Someone feels theyre not turning enough money over and no ones willing to give. I would suspect it would gradually (raise) itself. Some stations in Salt Lake went up to $1.25, he said in a telephone times when Salt Lake was up and Ogden was down. It just comes and goes. conversation morning. Tuesday IF IT (Salt Lake) does (go up), Bountiful will probably follow suit. Meanwhile, Layton Chamber of Commerce Pres. Hersh Ipaktchian expressed concern with the price a.fferential. I'm concerned our city is losing sales tax revenue. Weve ale ways been cents higher than Bountiful (normally). two-thre- Current prices are below what and that, in Americas free enterprise system, doesnt usually go on very long. The official, who asked not to be identified, said, Theyre just having a gas war there. Theyre basically the same people (as supply to north Davis). For some reason Salt Lake City is more competitive, and Bountifuls the same. HE SAID prices in the two cities are generally compara OUR SALE tax loss is horrendous. As a chamber (spokesman). Im concerned other merchants might be considered in a bad light by some when noting the higher gas prices, he said, emphasizing he doesn t want to set prices gasoline distributors should charge. One service station manager in Layton said of it all, "I think it s ridiculous, suggesting state-wid- e pricing should be effected. |